The turkey is rinsed, defrosted and ready to be stuffed. A big bowl of roasted sweet potato puree with vanilla bean and orange zest is ready to be reheated (I had a moment of panic when it appeared that I had killed my mom’s Vitamix in the process of pureeing. Thankfully, I had only tripped the reset switch). Mushrooms, celery, onions and garlic are chopped and ready to be sauteed in the morning for stuffing. Brazil nuts have been roasted and slivered almonds have been toasted. Slabs of hubbard squash have been separated from its rind and hacked into manageable sized cubes. Green beans will have to be washed and trimmed tomorrow, but that’s okay. We are ready.
I did the apple crisp this afternoon by taste and feel. It is eight apples, peeled cored and sliced. Tossed with lemon juice, zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and sugar. The topping is a stick of butter (I know, it makes me cringe too), a couple of cups of oatmeal (I never actually measure), some brown sugar, more cinnamon and chopped toasted pecans.
I’m kind of obsessed with butternut squash recently. So I’m a little jealous of your squash cubes. Hehe. (The store here was sold out of them yesterday…so I decided to get okra for my fresh veggie instead.)
Green beans? Ew.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dang, thats what we missed yesterday, Squash!
Yummo! That apple crisp looks fab. Maybe that could be on your next installment of FY.Tv. You really have something going there. Cheers.